Shuqin Cui is Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies at Bowdoin College.Ying Gao is Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Virginia.Hsin-hsin Liang is Professor of Chinese, General Faculty, at the University of Virginia in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.Julian K. Wheatley (Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley) has spent a good deal of his professional life directing language programs, first at Cornell University and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since retiring from MIT, he has been based in New Orleans and has held visiting positions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Zhuhai/Shenzhen.

• Chinese PrefaceEnglish PrefaceAbbreviations专题一 (Unit 1) 家庭亲情 Love and affection within the familyTOPIC 1 《女儿》 | 两代人之间的观念冲突及亲情回归Daughter: how love and affection restored the harmony between two generations of a familyTOPIC 2 《啥是佩奇》 | 城市与乡村 祖孙之纽带What’s Peppa Pig?: rural versus urban, ties between grandparents and grandchildren专题二 (Unit 2) 成长故事 Coming of age storiesTOPIC 3 《包宝宝》 | 中式亲子关系Baby Bao. Chinese parent-child relationshipsTOPIC 4《请投我一票》 | 民主想象与实践Please vote for me: democracy: imagined and performed专题三 (Unit 3) 性别政治 Gender politicsTOPIC 5: 《柴米油盐之上》 | 琳宝的故事A long cherished dream: the story of Lin BaoTOPIC 6:《由一胎到三胎》 | 不受欢迎的广告宣传片 From one child to three: an unpopular promotional video 专题四 (Unit 4) 百姓生活 The lives of ordinary peopleTOPIC 7 《武汉，好久不见》 | 十个人物，十个故事，一座城Long time no see, Wuhan: ten people, ten stories, one cityTOPIC 8《中国梵高》 | 跨越时空的对话 China’s van Goghs: a conversation across time and space专题五 (Unit 5) 人与自然 Man and natureTOPIC 9 《大自然在说话》 | 倾听大自然的声音Nature is speaking: listen carefully to her voiceTOPIC 10 《塑料王国》 | 流动的垃圾 – 记录的影像Kingdom of plastic: mobile trash – a video record专题六 (Unit 6) 多元文化与焦点差异 Diverse perspectives on multiculturalism TOPIC 11 《我从非洲来》 | 讲述非洲人在中国的故事Africans in Yiwu: stories about Africans in ChinaTOPIC 12 《美国工厂》 | 文化碰撞与资本博弈American factory: cultural conflicts and capitalist schemesAnswer KeysVocabulary Lists

Shuqin Cui is Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies at Bowdoin College.Ying Gao is Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Virginia.Hsin-hsin Liang is Professor of Chinese, General Faculty, at the University of Virginia in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.Julian K. Wheatley (Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley) has spent a good deal of his professional life directing language programs, first at Cornell University and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since retiring from MIT, he has been based in New Orleans and has held visiting positions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Zhuhai/Shenzhen.

• Chinese PrefaceEnglish PrefaceAbbreviations专题一 (Unit 1) 家庭亲情 Love and affection within the familyTOPIC 1 《女儿》 | 两代人之间的观念冲突及亲情回归Daughter: how love and affection restored the harmony between two generations of a familyTOPIC 2 《啥是佩奇》 | 城市与乡村 祖孙之纽带What’s Peppa Pig?: rural versus urban, ties between grandparents and grandchildren专题二 (Unit 2) 成长故事 Coming of age storiesTOPIC 3 《包宝宝》 | 中式亲子关系Baby Bao. Chinese parent-child relationshipsTOPIC 4《请投我一票》 | 民主想象与实践Please vote for me: democracy: imagined and performed专题三 (Unit 3) 性别政治 Gender politicsTOPIC 5: 《柴米油盐之上》 | 琳宝的故事A long cherished dream: the story of Lin BaoTOPIC 6:《由一胎到三胎》 | 不受欢迎的广告宣传片 From one child to three: an unpopular promotional video 专题四 (Unit 4) 百姓生活 The lives of ordinary peopleTOPIC 7 《武汉，好久不见》 | 十个人物，十个故事，一座城Long time no see, Wuhan: ten people, ten stories, one cityTOPIC 8《中国梵高》 | 跨越时空的对话 China’s van Goghs: a conversation across time and space专题五 (Unit 5) 人与自然 Man and natureTOPIC 9 《大自然在说话》 | 倾听大自然的声音Nature is speaking: listen carefully to her voiceTOPIC 10 《塑料王国》 | 流动的垃圾 – 记录的影像Kingdom of plastic: mobile trash – a video record专题六 (Unit 6) 多元文化与焦点差异 Diverse perspectives on multiculturalism TOPIC 11 《我从非洲来》 | 讲述非洲人在中国的故事Africans in Yiwu: stories about Africans in ChinaTOPIC 12 《美国工厂》 | 文化碰撞与资本博弈American factory: cultural conflicts and capitalist schemesAnswer KeysVocabulary Lists

Shuqin Cui is Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies at Bowdoin College.Ying Gao is Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Virginia.Hsin-hsin Liang is Professor of Chinese, General Faculty, at the University of Virginia in the Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.Julian K. Wheatley (Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley) has spent a good deal of his professional life directing language programs, first at Cornell University and then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since retiring from MIT, he has been based in New Orleans and has held visiting positions in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Zhuhai/Shenzhen.

• Chinese PrefaceEnglish PrefaceAbbreviations专题一 (Unit 1) 家庭亲情 Love and affection within the familyTOPIC 1 《女儿》 | 两代人之间的观念冲突及亲情回归Daughter: how love and affection restored the harmony between two generations of a familyTOPIC 2 《啥是佩奇》 | 城市与乡村 祖孙之纽带What’s Peppa Pig?: rural versus urban, ties between grandparents and grandchildren专题二 (Unit 2) 成长故事 Coming of age storiesTOPIC 3 《包宝宝》 | 中式亲子关系Baby Bao. Chinese parent-child relationshipsTOPIC 4《请投我一票》 | 民主想象与实践Please vote for me: democracy: imagined and performed专题三 (Unit 3) 性别政治 Gender politicsTOPIC 5: 《柴米油盐之上》 | 琳宝的故事A long cherished dream: the story of Lin BaoTOPIC 6:《由一胎到三胎》 | 不受欢迎的广告宣传片 From one child to three: an unpopular promotional video 专题四 (Unit 4) 百姓生活 The lives of ordinary peopleTOPIC 7 《武汉，好久不见》 | 十个人物，十个故事，一座城Long time no see, Wuhan: ten people, ten stories, one cityTOPIC 8《中国梵高》 | 跨越时空的对话 China’s van Goghs: a conversation across time and space专题五 (Unit 5) 人与自然 Man and natureTOPIC 9 《大自然在说话》 | 倾听大自然的声音Nature is speaking: listen carefully to her voiceTOPIC 10 《塑料王国》 | 流动的垃圾 – 记录的影像Kingdom of plastic: mobile trash – a video record专题六 (Unit 6) 多元文化与焦点差异 Diverse perspectives on multiculturalism TOPIC 11 《我从非洲来》 | 讲述非洲人在中国的故事Africans in Yiwu: stories about Africans in ChinaTOPIC 12 《美国工厂》 | 文化碰撞与资本博弈American factory: cultural conflicts and capitalist schemesAnswer KeysVocabulary Lists